James Walter Folger Carved and Painted Blue Jay Plaque

Description:

James Walter Folger Carved and Painted Blue Jay Plaque, Nantucket, Massachusetts, May 1886, the high-relief carved and painted blue jay perched on a branch against textured and gray-painted background, the back with Folger's studio label and inscribed "Carved by Jas Walter Folger/Nantucket/Mass/May 1886/Wood carving & Oil Painting/Combined/Something new," mounted in a leaf-carved and brass-stud-decorated frame, signed "Jas. Walter Folger. '86" at l.r. corner, ht. 21 1/4, wd. 17 3/4 in.
Estimate $600-800


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